"Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Alice in Wonderland", "Peter Pan" - all these famous Disney animated films were created based on the scripts of Winston Hibler. Among his works are feature films. Winston also acted as a producer.
Biography and personal life
The talented American screenwriter Winston Hibler was born in 1910 on October 10. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The full name of the famous filmmaker is Winston Murray Hunt Hibler. His parents are Christopher Arthur and Louise Isabelle Eisenbeis. Winston was not the only child in the family. He had brothers and sisters. From adolescence, Hibler became interested in theater. At first he took part in performances as an actor. The future screenwriter was educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
In the 1930s, he was involved in Broadway productions. Then he moved to Hollywood. In addition to working in films, he took part-time jobs on radio and in magazines. In 1942 he joined Walt Disney Productions as a screenwriter and director. At first, Hibler worked on educational films for the American army. Winston married actress Dorothy Johnson. Three children were born in their family. In 1963, they all moved to California together. The screenwriter passed away on August 8, 1976. The place of his death was Burbank, California.
Filmography
In 1951, Hibler worked on the screenplay for the short documentary "Half an Acre of Nature" about insect life. Then, according to his script, a short film about wildlife with the original title The Olympic Elk was shot. The film was shown not only in the USA, but also in Italy and Sweden. Hibler's next documentary was the short film The Waterfowl. In 1953, the series of short educational documentaries was continued by the film about life in the north, "The Alaskan Eskimo". This film won an Oscar. It was shown not only in the USA, but also in Japan, Great Britain and Sweden.
Then came a full-length documentary about the animals of the desert in the western United States. It is called the Living Desert. The film received several awards, including an Oscar, prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, and the Grand Golden Prize. This was followed by educational films "The Vanishing Prairie", "Siam - a country and people", "African lion", "People against the Arctic", which were scripted by Hibler.
In 1961, together with Ralph Wright and Dwight Hauser, Winston Hibler wrote the adventure family film "Wild Dog of the North", co-produced by the USA and Canada. In the story, the dog and its owner are transported along the river through the mountains of Canada. This is how the adventures of a dog, described in the novel "Wanderers of the North" by the famous American writer and environmentalist James Oliver Kerwood, begin. Roles in the film were given to Jean Coutu from the film "The Rabbit Run Through the Fields", Emile Jeunet, who starred in "Perry Mason", the German actor Uriel Luft and Robert Rivard from the film "The True Nature of Bernadette". The film has been shown in Finland, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, France, Spain and other countries.
In 1967, the adventure film Charlie the Lonely Cougar was released. The main roles were played by Ron Brown, Brian Russell, Linda Wallace and Jim Wilson. In 2014, decades after the death of the famous screenwriter, the science fiction film Maleficent was released. He previously worked on the script for this picture. The works of Charles Perrault were also used. The main role was played by Angelina Jolie. The film was nominated for Oscar and Saturn.
Animation
In 1948, the musical animated film "The Time of Melodies" was released. Winston wrote the script for it together with Erdman Penner, Harry Reeves, Homer Brightman, Ken Anderson, Ted Sears and Joe Rinaldi. Also working on the film were screenwriters William Cottrell, Art Scott, Jesse Marsh, Bob Moore, John Walbridge and Hardy Gramatki. The cartoon has been shown in many American and European countries. The next cartoon, for which Hibler wrote the script, was the musical adventure comedy "Johnny Appleseed" by Wilfred Jackson. Here, the writer's colleagues were Joe Rinaldi, Erdman Penner and Jesse Marsh.
The following year, the animated film The Wind in the Willows was released, based on the book of the same name written in 1908 by British writer Kenneth Graham. This fairy tale brought its creator worldwide fame, and the cartoon based on it also received high marks from the audience. Later, Winston worked on the script for the fantastic cartoon The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, about a brave frog and his friends. Together with him, the script was written by Harry Reeves, Homer Brightman, Ted Sears, Joe Rinaldi and Erdman Penner. It was based on the works of writers Kenneth Graham and Washington Irving.
Later, the screen version of Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Cinderella" appeared on the cinema screens. Over the years, the cartoon has been presented at the Venice International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Montclair Film Festival. Cinderella was nominated for an Oscar. Another famous film adaptation followed. Based on the book by Lewis Carroll "Alice in Wonderland". The animated film was shown at the Venice International Film Festival and the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival. The film was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Lion.
In 1952, the cartoon "Peter Pan" was released based on the work of J. M. Barry. The cartoon was presented at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received the "Grand Prix". Also, many years later, the picture was shown at the Philadelphia International Film Festival. The next year, Ben and Me, a cartoon about a mouse, was released. In 1958, the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale appeared based on the script of Hibler. The animated film was nominated for an Oscar. After the death of the screenwriter, the cartoon "The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" was released, on which he had previously worked.
